Jamie Roberts. Will he be a hole-punching powerhouse or a back past his best for Bath Rugby?

It’s going to be fascinating to find out. The 6ft 4ins, 94-cap Welsh international is the biggest-name signing since Taulupe Faletau arrived at the Rec in 2016.

The Blue, Black and White faithful have been yearning for an international-class centre for what seems like an age.

However, glance at social media and the Roberts announcement appears to have attracted a fair amount of doubt and fear that the 31-year-old must still command a big wage, will not be great value and is already on the wane.

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My understanding is that Bath got a very good deal in terms of the salary he will be paid and that it is nowhere near the reported £350,000-£400,000 per year he was on at Quins.

His three seasons at Harlequins have not been vintage. He’s had some injuries and often been a long way off his blockbusting international exploits, but he has been playing behind a struggling pack in a side which has been languishing in the bottom half of the Premiership table.

There is no knocking the pedigree of Wales’ most capped centre, who also played on the Lions tours of South Africa in 2009, Australia in 2013, and apparently almost made last summer’s tour of New Zealand.

A big, direct, hard-carrying centre is what Todd Blackadder and former head coach Tabai Matson wanted a long time ago. They hoped Robbie Fruean might be that man, but his injuries meant that wasn’t to be.